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Patent GB-190317738-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with the Jacketing of Pipes, or Passages, for Conveying through Rooms, or the like, Air which is of Lower Temperature than the Dew Point of the Atmosphere of the Room, or the like.
Inventor: HART JOHN ALSTON
Filed: 1903-08-17
Granted: 1904-07-21
Abstract: 17,738. Hart, J. A. Aug. 17. Coating pipes.-Relates to the jacketing of pipes or passages which convey cold air, so as to prevent _ the e condensation o f moisture upon their surface, and, at the same time, so as to give the pipes or passages a not unsightly appearance. The exterior of a pipe or .. passage is covered with a non-condacting material A, such as flann6l, felted hair, or wool, and over this is placed thin sheet metal B, preferably zinc, or galvanized iron. The sheet-metal .casing may be secured by bending one edge b inwards, and the other edge b<2> outwards, as shown. Both edges may be bent outwards, and a strip of metal, suitably shaped, provided to hold the edges together. A strip of sheet metal may be made to encircle a flanged connecting-piece, and plastic, or other non-conducting material, placed between the flanged piece and the sheet metal. Two or more pieces, placed circumferentially, or girth wise, and connected together, may be used for the flanged connecting-pieces, and fo-e the pipes.
Patent GB-190325901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Coal Boring Tools
Inventor: WATERFALL GEORGE SPENCER
Filed: 1903-11-27
Granted: 1904-09-29
Abstract: 25,901. Waterfall, G. S. Nov. 27. Rock drills, rotary. Relates to modifications of the rock drill described in Specification No. 1140, A.D. 1884, and consists in providing the fixed drilling-sleeve A', A<2>, with detachable half nuts, with which the screwed drill-spindle C engages. The nuts are secured to the hinged parts A', A<2> forming the sleeve by lugs D<2> passing through the sleeve and fastened by cottars E, and also by projections on the sleeve engaging recesses in collars on the nuts, or vice versÔ. The sleeve is supported by a spike J driven through a lug I into the support.
Patent GB-190327510-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Impermeable Blocks and Composite Structures from Cork and other Material.
Inventor: KOLBASSIEF EUGENE
Filed: 1903-12-15
Granted: 1904-10-27
Abstract: 27,510. Kolbassief, E. Dec. 15. Cork, treating.-Relates to the manufacture of impermeable blocks, and consists in coating the surfaces of cork, cellulose, or other light blocks a with waterproof cement, such as resin, dissolved in boiled linseed oil, interposing sheets of paper nr wood, and submitting the whole to pressure, thus forming the block shown in Fig. 2. This may be cut transversely, and the blocks united, as shown in Fig. 4. Longitudinal divisions may be afterwards made, as indicated in Fig. 6. The blocks may be used in the construction of coffer dams and other subaqueous structures.
Patent GB-190410361-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Treatment of Wort.
Inventor: ASPINALL FRANK BOULTON
Filed: 1904-05-05
Granted: 1905-03-16
Abstract: 10,361. Aspinall, F. B., and Cannon, M. J. May 5. Brewing.-In heating wort under pressure, the wort is brought for a regulated time into contact with a heated surface. Wort from a copper or underback is forced by a pump a through a valve b into a serpentine or ether tube c heated by a steam jacket. The wort thence passes through a cooler g and escapes by a valve h. The escape valve is adjustable so that the pressure in the tubes can be regulated. The temperature of the tube c is regulated by a reducing-valve d which controls the steam supply.
Patent GB-190411074-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Railway or Tramway Signalling Systems
Filed: 1904-05-13
Granted: 1905-04-13
Abstract: 11,074. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. May 13. Signalling between trains; electric railways and tramways, signalling on.- In an automatic electric system of signalling by alternating-current control, the home signals actuate reversing- switches, and the corresponding distant signals are controlled by reversecurrent relays. No wire connections between two ends of block sections are required, the current being carried by the rails. In Fig. 1, three block sections A, A, A<11> are shown. One rail is continuous and serves as return for both power and signalling currents. The other rail is divided into block sections. The alternating signalling-current is fed to the signals by the wire a. The stationary winding of the relay J and the primary of the transformer E are connected between the feeder a and the return rail. The secondary of the transformer E is joined through the reversing-switch K to the two rails of the block section at its advance end. The primary of the transformer F is across the rails at the rear end of the section. A train standing on the section short-circuits the primary of the transformer F, and the relay l is therefore not energized, and the circuit from the battery B to the signal-operating mechanism i is incomplete and the signal H stands at "danger." The moving coil of the reverse-current relay is also shortcircuited and the armature stands away from the contacts of the distant-signal-operating circuit j. The section A<1> being clear of trains, the primary of transformer F<1> is excited and the secondary energizes the relay l<1>, closing the circuit controlling the home signal H<1>, which is brought to "safety." The rod h<1>, which actuates the signal H<1>, also moves the phase changing switch K<1> which reverses the current from the transformer E' to the rails. The reversal of direction of the current does not effect the relays corresponding to l, l<1>, but the moving coil of the relay corresponding to J<1> now revolves and completes the circuit controlling the distant signals corresponding to the home signals which have reversed the switches K, K<1>. The arrangement shown uses the continuous rail as return for the signalling-current, but a separate return may be used if desired. Any forms of signal-operating mechanism may be employed. The moving coil of the relays J, J<1> may be energized from the secondary of the tranformer F instead of directly from the transformers E, E<1>.
Patent GB-190411351-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Automobiles.
Inventor: CHAMBERS JOHN HENRY
Filed: 1904-05-17
Granted: 1905-06-17
Abstract: 11,351. Chambers, J. H., Chambers, R. M., and Chambers, C. E. May 17. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to the construction of change-speed driving-gear with special clutches, steering-gear, and carburetters, and also to the arrangement of the seats and the frame. A triangular underframe, comprising the back axle a, Fig. 2, and two tie-rods b, connected to the front end of the gear case, allows the chain to be tightened from one point by a screw adjustment. The gear case d encloses the change-speed gear and acts as a strut to protect the back axle against the chain pull. A change-speed gear is provided by making the back chain-wheel u, Figs. 5 and 4, loose on the shaft and providing it with an internal clutch surface on each face, which surfaces can be gripped singly or simultaneously by expanding ring clutches carried by two loose toothed wheels, one x of which is connected to the pinion 2, Fig. 4, and the other y has internal teeth which engage pinions 5 fastened on the differential gear box, and also external teeth which engage locking-pawls 31, 32 operated by the driver. By locking one of the wheels 2, y and varying the driving-clutches, different speeds are obtained. The clutch rings are connected by linkwork to the pedal 1, so that, by depressing this pedal, the levers 16 move rearwardly, lengthening the springs 18, 19 and releasing the clutches. A toothed quadrant 24 can be adjusted simultaneously with the locking-pawls, by a handle near the driver moving over an index, so that a tooth engages a recess in either of the bars 16, 17 thus preventing the wheel from being clutched. Steering is effected by means of a bevel-wheel 67, Fig. 9, on the end of the steering-post gearing with a second bevel-wheel, forming also a nut for the screw shaft 70 which is connected through a universal joint 71 by suitable linkwork to the front axle. An arrangement of seats is shown in Fig. 13, in which the middle seat can be removed, the outside ones moved closer together, and a make-up piece inserted.
Patent GB-190413968-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fastening Device for Ties or Cravats.
Inventor: PURSCHKE HERMANN
Filed: 1904-06-20
Granted: 1905-02-16
Abstract: 13,968. Purschke, H. June 20. Necktie fastenings; studs.-A necktie is fastened by passing the head of the collar stud through a slot c, Fig. 3, in a plate fastened to the back of the tie, while the tie is held in a vertical position. When the tie is turned into its normal position, it becomes locked with the heald d of the stud, Figs. 6 and 7, which is provided with ridges f, adapted to engage in grooves or like k, Fig. 5, formed at the sides of the slots c. A plate spring g, Fig. 4, attached to the plate in front of the slot causes the ridges f to spring into and remain in the grooves k when the tie is in its proper position, thus making the attachment more secure.
Patent GB-190417952-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bedsteads for Invalids.
Inventor: WILLIS PERCY RICHARD JULIUS
Filed: 1904-08-18
Granted: 1905-06-15
Abstract: 17,952. Willis, P. R. J., [Miller, G. H.]. Aug. 18. Drawings to Specification. Sheets.-In an invalid's bedstead, a supplementary frame adapted to be raised above the bed has secured to it a sheet of canvas or other fabric formed with a central opening closed by lacing, by which means the patient may use a vessel without being removed from the bed.
Patent GB-190426052-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Speed Indicators and Recorders
Inventor: TURNER ARCHIBALD
IPC: G01P3/10
Filed: 1904-11-30
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 26,052. Turner, A. Nov. 30. Speed indicators; odometers.-A dial is moved periodically to indicate the speed since the last movement, and a record of speed, time, and, if desired, distance is made at regular intervals, a clock being also provided. The indicator is actuated by a cam-driven plunger 15, Fig. 1, which turns a ratchet-wheel 9, which is released periodically, and returned to zero by a spring. The ratchet-wheel 9 has one tooth omitted to prevent overdriving, a pin 28 being provided instead to engage a flange on the detent. A ratchet indicating-dial mounted on the same spindle is similarly released, but slightly before the wheel 9, and, a pin 13 on the dial then engaging another 12 on the wheel, the dial is advanced until the wheel is released. The alternate release of the dial and wheel detents is accomplished by pins on a roller 23, which is intermittently advanced by the clockwork device shown in Fig. 3. The roiler-spindle 24 is spring-driven and carries a star-wheel, a tooth 42 on which is held normally by the end of a lever 33. The other end of this lever has a projection 37 engaging a pin on a disc, which carries a " fly" and is geared to the roller-spindle 24. The lever 33 is raised by a lever arrangement 47 operated from a ratchet which is driven from a clock Raising this lever 33 allows the " fly " to make half a revolution, when it is arrested by a second pin 41 meeting the projection 37. This movement allows the tooth 42 of the star-wheel to clear the end of the lever 33, so that this lever when lowered does not arrest the "fly," which rotates until the lever 33 meets the next tooth of the star-wheel. Two ratchet devices are provided, one being shown, these operating the lever 33 alternately. Printing of the speed indication is effected from a typeflange on the dial, and of the hour and minute from wheels immediately behind it. A cyclometer may also be provided, being geared to a fourth wheel to print distance. A record strip is fed between two rollers 64, 68, Fig. 1, one 64 of which is driven from the clock, which also actu ates a platen 73 through levers 72. The platen is raised and then released, when it is forced down on to the strip by a spring to print a record. An inking-roller 60 is provided, and printing may be arranged to take place every minute, while the dial may be released every twenty seconds. The clock has a special balance-wheel with weights 77, Fig. 3, mounted so that they can slide radially against the action of springs 78, the whole acting as a centrifugal governor to prevent " racing of the clockwork. The Provisional Specification also states that the dial may be returned to zero at the end of each period, and describes a different arrangement of levers for releasing the dial and ratchet detents.
Patent GB-190503513-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in a Combined Window Screen and Weather Strip.
Inventor: EAGON HARVEY
Filed: 1905-02-20
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 3513. Eagon, H., and Brown, M. N. Feb. 20. Window appliances.- A flexible screen 6, wound on a spring roller 5, is attached to the lower edge of a sliding sash by means of a strip 7 having a rounded upper edge.
Patent GB-190504320-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method or System of Keeping Short Credit Accounts and in Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: COX HENRY
Filed: 1905-03-02
Granted: 1906-02-01
Abstract: 4320. Cox, H. March 2. Bookcases.-A cabinet for containing a set of account-books is provided with inclined supporting- slips c and with back-rests D, and is made to fold inwards or is provided with a cover. Alphabetically-arranged index letters may be provided on the sides of the cabinet.
Patent GB-190508244-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Weighing Machines
Inventor: MACEWAN FREDERICK
Filed: 1905-04-18
Granted: 1906-01-18
Abstract: 8244. MacEwan, F., and Poore, G. April 18. Compound-lever and spring apparatus; indicating and registering mechanism.-Relates to apparatus for attachment to a weighing-machine for indicating or printing the weight of any load and for totalizing the weights. Fig. 2 shows a section of a suspended weighing-machine displaying the indicating- mechanism. A spindle carrying the indicating- pointer and fixed to the terminal rack-operated pinion of the weighing-mechanism carries round with it a brake wheel F. Fixed to the brake wheel is a stop F<1> which is thus displaced a distance corresponding to the weight of the load. By the operation of the end J<3> of a counterweighted lever J, a chain J<2> is slackened, allowing a counterweighted brake lever F' to press on the roughened edge of the brake wheel and retain it in position. The simultaneous slackening of the chain H<3> enables a spring H', Fig. 5, to rotate a drum carrying a finger H. This finger carries before it a stop on a spur-wheel G<1> until the finger is brought against the stop F<1> on the brake wheel F. The rotation of the spur-wheel G<1> is transmitted to spur-wheels G<3>, G<4>, the latter drawing a ratchet-wheel K<1> by means of a spring-pressed pawl K. To the ratchetwheel K<1> is attached the first dial of the totalizing- mechanism and also a cam K<3>. This cam, once in each revolution, operates a spring-pressed lever N<1> carrying a pawl N. Thereby a ratchet-wheel is moved forward one tooth, and its attached dial 5 a corresponding amount. Twice in each revolution of the ratchet-wheel L two deeply-cut teeth S thereon allow the pawl N to operate a ratchetwheel L' and rotate a dial attached to it. The dial indicating the separate loads is graduated up to 10 cwt., and two revolutions of the pointer is necessary for one revolution of the first dial of the totalizer. The second dial is graduated twice in succession from 0 to 9, and the third dial is graduated from 0 to 19 so that the machine registers total loads up to 200 tons. Two small counters are operated respectively from the brake wheel F and spur-wheel G<4> to give the number of loads weighed and the number of loads recorded. Printing-devices.-Fig. 8 shows the application of the mechanism to a printing-device attached to a platform weighing-machine. The spindle carrying the load-indicating pointer also carries a brake wheel D', which, during the weighing operation, is rotated with the spindle. On the counterweighted hand-lever K being pressed down, a brake lever D<1> engages the brake wheel and a spring drum is free to rotate. A type-wheel F is rotated until a stop H<2> is brought into engagement with a stop J on the brake wheel. The further movement of the lever K brings a projection K<2> against a paper strip P to press it and an inking-ribbon N against the type.
Patent GB-190510680-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Transmisson Gear for Motor Vehicles, Machinery and other purposes.
Inventor: ROBERTS BENJAMIN SHAW
Filed: 1905-05-22
Granted: 1906-03-15
Abstract: 10,680. Roberts, B. S. May 22. Motor road vehicles.-Relates to variable-speed and reversing toothed gearing for motor-vehicles &c., and comprises essentially the arrangement of a series of concentric rings of gears, teeth, or studs integral with or attached to the face of the driven wheel or disk and adapted to be driven by a pinion mounted upon a transverse shaft. The disk A, hinged to the shaft S, Fig. 2, carries three rings a<1>, a<2>, a<3> of bevel teeth. The driving-pinion B, keyed to or formed with a sleeve C<2>, longitudinally movable on a square &c. shaft C<1>, engages any of the gears on the disk. In the changing of the gear, the pinion clears the intermediate ring or rings by being mounted with the sleeve and shaft in an eccentric bearing carried in suitable brackets, the bearing being rotatable by a pedal, while an independent lever moves the sleeve and pinion. The bevel teeth on the disk A are made short and rounded so that the pinion may engage each ring. The slidable disk R' engages the pinion for a reverse. A modification of this construction is shown in Fig. 6, in which the rings of gears or elongated teeth a<9>, a<10>, a<11>, a<12> are engaged by antifriction rollers b<8> upon spindles b<9> located between flanges b<6>, b<7> of the pinion B<2>, which is otherwise constructed as previously described. In Fig. 5, the disk A' is shown provided with a bevel-gear a<5> for high speed, while spur or flat gears a<6>, a<7>, a<8> are used for intermediate and low speeds, the sliding pinion B<1> having corresponding bevel teeth b<1> cut upon its face and spur gears b' upon its periphery. In this case the shaft C<1> has no movement perpendicularly to the disk A<1>. The reversing-wheel R<1> is connected to the disk A<1> by a sleeve S\ and is provided with a gear ring r' with which the pinion engages when moved to its extreme position. Fig. 8 shows the mode of controlling the sliding movement of the pinion. The disk E, eccentrically mounted upon the shaft F, is connected by the straps d<1> and link D<1> to the arms L<1>, Figs. 5 and 6, which terminate in a disk l<1> secured on the pinion sleeve b<3>, friction and end thrust being met by balls b<11>. The shaft F and eccentric E are rotated by operation of a hand-lever H pivoted at h and having a toothed sector h<1> meshing with the pinion G.
Patent GB-190513013-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Burners for Liquid Fuel
Inventor: DIECKMANN WILHELM
Filed: 1905-06-23
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 13,013. Dieckmann, W., Ormrod, F. C., Curle, J. A., and Stackard, S. F. June 23. Spray burners.-A burner for liquid fuel is constructed with three concentric nozzles, the innermost one being for the supply of air or other gas, the intermediate one for the fuel, and the outer one for air. In the preferred construction, the burner nozzle B screws into an outer casing A, through which air may be passed by means of the inlet A<2>. The innermost nozzle C screws into the plug B<3> and acts as a needle valve to regulate the supply of fuel. The mouthpieces A', B' can be detached and replaced by others of different shapes, thus modifying the shape and intensity of the flame, and if the burner mouthpiece used be non- circular, the nozzle C' is also changed for one of a similar shape, a pin-and-groove connexion, Fig. 4, preventing relative longitudinal motion of the parts C, C<5>, while rotation of the nozzle C<5> is prevented by a guide-piece or spider.
Patent GB-190514045-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Ships' Hatches and Hatchways.
Inventor: KROHG OTTO
Filed: 1905-07-07
Granted: 1905-11-23
Abstract: 14,045. Krohg, O. July 7. Hatches; bulwarks.-I r o n o r steel hatch covers, divided longitudinally in the middle, are hinged at the sides to the coaming f, which is of the same height as the bulwarks, so t h a t when the hatches are open they rest on the bulwarks and form a loading-bridge. The hatch is formed of #-iron a and steel plates b. The longitudinal joint is made of an angle-iron c and is stiffened by other angle-irons d, e. The coaming also is strengthened by angle-irons. An eye-bolt for lifting the hatch is fitted and also a man-hole in one cover thus permitting access to the interior of the vessel without removing the hatch covers.
Patent GB-190514831-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine Tool for Drilling and Slotting
Inventor: HEPWORTH ISAAC
Filed: 1905-07-19
Granted: 1906-06-21
Abstract: 14,831. Hepworth, I. July 19. Drilling; slotting; tools.-In a combined drilling and slotting machine, the slide 12, carrying the drill 31 or the doubleacting g slotting-tool 32, is recipro - cated to feed or actuate the tool by a stud 14 on a disk 13, which can be rotated directly or by means of a back shaft 26 from the spindle 10 as shown, or by means of the hand-wheel 20 or bevel-wheels 17, a clutch 19, and a belt-driven shaft 15, when the sleeve 24 is moved by means of the lever 25 to engage a wheel with a worm 21 on the shaft 18. The drill is driven by gearing 28, 29, the work being fed to the tool by a screw 3 and belt pulleys 6, 7 when the drill is arranged horizontally as shown in Fig. 3.
Patent GB-190516246-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Cleaning Tubular Hollow Bodies particularly Chimneys and the like.
Inventor: DISPUT WILHELM
Filed: 1905-08-09
Granted: 1905-11-09
Abstract: 16,246. Disput, W., and Hofmann, C. Aug. 9. Cleaning pipes and tubes.-Relates to apparatus for cleaning flues, chimneys, and other hollow tubular bodies. A frame brush b made to fit the flue &c. is supported there, b y ropes which pass over pulleys f, e and by which the brush can be reciprocated. The brush frame is provided with central apertures through which the smoke can readily pass. In a modification, as applied to two adjacent flues, one rope is used for the two brushes, and passes over pulleys mounted on the lower end of the partition wall.
Patent GB-190519379-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Production of Incandescence Filaments for Electric Incandescence Lamps.
Filed: 1905-09-25
Granted: 1906-03-29
Abstract: 19,379. Deutsche Gasgl³hlicht Akt.- Ges. (Auer Ges.). Jan. 17, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Incandescent lamps.-Filaments of refractory, non-precious metals, such as molybdenum, tungsten, vanadium, and tantalum, are freed from carbon, which remains from the organic binding-material, by treatment at a white heat with hydrogen containing a small proportion of water-vapour or other oxidizing-agent. For molybdenum filaments as much as 20 per cent of water-vapour may be mixed with the hydrogen, while for tungsten the maximum is 10 per cent and for tantalum 5 per cent ; it is advisable, however, to use somewhat less than the limiting amount. The oxide of carbon produced should he removed by the renewal of the gas, but the presence of nitrogen and other impurities is not detrimental. Sugar, gum, &c., preferably with a little soot, are used as the binding-material in preparing the filaments, which aro heated to redness before being treated as above.